NEWBERRY, SC (courtesy of newberry.edu)– Newberry College has received a $352,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to establish Called to the Common Good: Theological Academy for High School Youth.

The summer program invites high school students to consider how the Christian theological tradition can help them reflect on pressing ethical issues, such as poverty and environmental degradation, and to explore their own calling to a life of meaning and service.

Called to the Common Good is part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s High School Youth Theology Institutes initiative, which seeks to encourage young people to explore theological traditions, ask questions about the moral dimensions of contemporary issues and examine how their faith calls them to lives of service.

The program launches June 3, 2017, when up to 24 rising high school juniors and seniors will gather on the Newberry College campus for nine days of theological and moral exploration.

Activities include classroom lectures and discussions, experiential learning, community service projects and contemplative/worship opportunities. Students will integrate these for real-world impact, applying their knowledge to the problems of poverty and hunger, both locally and later in their home communities.

During the second weekend of the academy, students will participate in a retreat hosted by South Carolina Lutheran Retreat Center’s Camp Kinard, where they will continue to build friendships and teamwork in a beautiful outdoor setting.

The Muller Center at Newberry College will facilitate the academy in collaboration with the College’s Religion department as well as local churches and nonprofit organizations in Newberry. Faculty from the Religion department and other disciplines will lead the academic portion of the academy. Participants also will enjoy peer mentorship from Newberry College students who have demonstrated leadership and a deep sense of vocation.

“We believe many young people possess the interest and capacity for theological, vocational and moral reflection; they just need to be equipped,” said Dr. Krista E. Hughes, Director of the Muller Center at Newberry College. “We see young people arrive at college with questions about purpose and their place in the world and with an eagerness to explore these life questions. For many high school youth this process begins much sooner, and we’re grateful to Lilly Endowment for supporting the opportunities that Called to the Common Good will provide for these students.”

The formal application process for next year’s program begins Feb. 1, 2017, and is open to current high school sophomores and juniors regardless of denominational affiliation. Students who expect to be the first in their families to attend college are especially encouraged to apply.

“Newberry College is home to a diverse student body and we hope to reflect that diversity in the Theological Academy,” said Dr. Christina Wendland, Associate Professor of Religion. “We look forward to gathering together a group of youth who can listen to and appreciate various perspectives on deep questions of faith and ethics. It is our goal to give participants multiple avenues through which to explore their faith and vocation, and we can do this by connecting them with peers from diverse backgrounds.”

Newberry College is one of 92 schools located in 30 states and the District of Columbia participating in the High School Youth Theology Institutes initiative. Although some schools are independent, many reflect the religious heritage of their founding traditions, including Baptist, Brethren, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Reformed churches, as well as Roman Catholic, non-denominational, Pentecostal and historic African-American Christian communities.

The Lilly Endowment is giving $50 million in grants to help a select group of private four-year colleges and universities around the nation to create the institutes. The grants are part of the Endowment’s commitment to identify and cultivate a cadre of theologically minded youth who will become leaders in church and society.

For more information about Called to the Common Good at Newberry College, please contact Dr. Krista E. Hughes, director of the Muller Center, at 803-321-5215 or Muller.Center@newberry.edu.

CHARLESTON, SC (courtesy of csuniv.edu) — The United States Department of Education has notified Charleston Southern that the university has been selected to receive funding for a Title 3 project.

The $2,249,700 award will be administered over a five-year period and will fund Success Through Access and Robust Support (STARS), an initiative to introduce new best practice instructional models for distance education/blended education to solve capacity programs, expand access to programs and services and address weaknesses that hinder adequately serving students.

“This new funding opportunity will enhance our commitment to promoting academic excellence in a Christian environment. The faculty will receive new technology training and will extend that expertise to our students – whether they are online or on campus,” said Dr. Jackie Fish, vice president for academic affairs.

Dr. Patty Hambrick, director of academic technology and academic grants, said, “Charleston Southern has many excellent benefits as a recipient of the Title 3 Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) grant including increased technology infrastructure to support faculty and student needs for more blended and online instruction due to CSU’s ever increasing enrollment.”

STARS will support three initiatives:

Improve Faculty Capacity to Offer Courses Using a Shared Classroom Model: The new model will save classroom space and allow CSU to enroll more students. The active learning emphasis has proven to be effective in increasing student success at other colleges and universities. CSU will develop a faculty certification for shared classroom active learning instruction, which is defined as a course meeting on campus half the time and using active learning out-of-classroom instruction, such as flipped classroom activities, the other half of the time.

Expand Access to Support Services: Five online student support services will be developed:

Orientation to online learning

Mentoring

Academic planning

Advising

Mobile services

“Funds from this grant will enable our faculty to further enhance and expand teaching excellence and learning opportunities through technology,” said President Dr. Jairy Hunter Jr. “CSU recently received zero recommendations for improvement during the reaffirmation of accreditation process by a peer visiting team. I salute our faculty and staff for their commitment to academic excellence.”

CSU will receive the funds under the Department of Education’s SIP which helps eligible institutions become self-sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen academic quality, institutional management and fiscal stability.

Click here to read the original release on the Charleston Southern website.

CENTRAL, SC (courtesy of swu.edu) — Southern Wesleyan University named Dr. Elizabeth C. Fezio as the dean and program director for a new online RN to BSN program slated to begin next fall.

Fezio comes to Southern Wesleyan with 16 years of nursing education experience.

At Oconee Fall Line Technical College (formerly Sandersville Technical College), Fezio rebuilt the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) program in 2000. She worked with Georgia Board of Licensed Practical Nursing for reaccreditation. In 2004, Fezio co-directed the Registered Nursing Satellite in Swainsboro, Ga., and as this program ended in 2005, she oversaw the program’s termination and subsequent new RN satellite program set up at Darton State College. She directed the Darton program from 2005 to 2014. Fezio also co-wrote the new RN to BSN program for Darton College’s new online RN to BSN program in 2012 and 2013.

Fezio earned her doctorate of nursing practice, a master of science in nursing and a bachelor of science in nursing from Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Ga. Her doctoral work examined the effect of technology-based health care information and support on rural women with breast cancer.

Fezio is beginning her work by getting to know local health care providers and their needs.

“I love teaching; I love seeing the lights come on in their eyes when they get it; I love seeing lives changed. When someone goes through nursing school, their lives really change,” Fezio said.

Fezio is a member of the American Nurses Association, South Carolina Nurses Association, Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society of Nursing and Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society.

A veteran, Fezio has served as a specialist in the U.S. Army in Germany, during which time she traveled throughout Europe to countries including Switzerland, Great Britain, Norway, France, Italy and Greece. She also served in the South Carolina State Guard Medical Division. Fezio, who once dropped out of high school but earned her GED at a time when her peers were high school juniors, credits the Army with helping her develop the discipline necessary to pursue her education all the way to the doctoral level.

The student center has been open to students since August, but the ceremony was slated for homecoming at so more alumni and donors could attend. Several hundred people took advantage of a perfect fall day to enjoy the comments of university officials, current and former students as well as a dedicatory prayer.

Students rave about the state-of-the-art facility, which includes a large dining commons, retail food outlets for Chick-fil-A and Einstein’s Bagels, a high-tech fitness center, a new bookstore, a recreation area, offices and a 400-seat movie theater.

ANDERSON, SC (courtesy Barry Ray, andersonuniversity.com) — Dr. Beverly Rice McAdams has been named to the new position of Vice President for Diversity at Anderson University according to University President Dr. Evans Whitaker.

In her new role, McAdams will provide leadership to the ongoing institutional focus on enhancing diversity within the ranks of the staff, faculty and student body at AU, broadening the racial and ethnic makeup of the campus community.

“I am extremely pleased that Dr. McAdams will assume this new strategic role in the University,” said President Whitaker. “She has already been a leader in developing diversity initiatives on our campus as we have made creating a campus that is even more welcoming to people of diverse backgrounds an institutional priority over the past several years. In her new role, we know her passion and expertise will assist our university in making even greater strides in that area.”

Dr. McAdams joined Anderson University in June of 2002 as Director of Freshman Programs and Community Service. She was later promoted to Associate Dean of Student Development, and then to Associate Vice President for Student Development. Prior to AU, she was Director of Counseling at Tri-County Technical College and also served as an academic advisor and admission counselor. At Erskine College, she had roles in financial development and admissions. Early in her career, she was a congressional aide to former Congressman Butler Derrick who served from 1975 to 1995 as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing South Carolina’s Third Congressional District. Dr. McAdams holds a B. A. in English from Erskine College, and an M. Ed. in counseling and guidance services and a Ph.D. in educational leadership from Clemson University.

(courtesy Council on Undergraduate Research, cur.org) — The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) is pleased to announce that Furman University, Clemson University, and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will receive the 2016 Campus-wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment (AURA). This annual award recognizes institutions that have developed exemplary programs providing high-quality research experiences to undergraduates. Now in its second year, the award is modeled on the organization’s Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research, a document that presents criteria for exceptional undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity programs. This year’s awardees will be honored during the Council on Undergraduate Research Executive Board reception on January 27, 2017, at the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.

AURA recognition requires campuses to have depth and breadth in their undergraduate research initiatives and evidence of innovation of a sustained nature. Nominations are open to all types of higher education institutions. Three awards were made this year to recognize outstanding institutions from different Carnegie classification groups.
“Diversity, interdisciplinarity, and close attention to program assessment are some of the hallmarks of this year’s AURA class,” said CUR’s Executive Officer Elizabeth Ambos and President Susan Larson. “CUR is proud to honor these academic institutions that have embraced and excelled in promoting and expanding undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry on their campuses.”

Furman University has built a research-supportive environment in a liberal arts and sciences setting that is well-funded, integrates research into the curriculum, and provides students with a broad range of dissemination opportunities. The university’s model summer research program has grown beyond the sciences to encompass a broader reach, engaging half of faculty, and weaving student internships into student research opportunities. Furman’s rich history of summer research growth and development, combined with student and faculty reflection and assessment of learning, make the university’s undergraduate research program a national model for other baccalaureate institutions to emulate.

“Furman University has a long history of providing extensive research opportunities for its undergraduate students, allowing them to work closely with professors to fully explore their passions and interests beyond the classroom,” said Furman President Elizabeth Davis. “We are dedicated to this type of student engagement, and that is why we are so honored and proud to receive this recognition from an organization that has done so much to support undergraduate research at colleges and universities across the nation.”

Clemson University and UW-Eau Claire were also recognized by CUR for their undergraduate research programs. Please click here to read the article in its entirety.

ORANGEBURG, SC (courtesy of Claflin.edu) — Claflin University has been approved to participate in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) which allows Claflin to recruit and market its online programs in states outside of South Carolina. SARA is an agreement among member states, districts and territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state. SARA is overseen by a National Council and administered by four regional education compacts.

Claflin’s approval by SARA comes only two years after the launch of Claflin Online – the University’s online education program.

“This represents another historic and transformational achievement for Claflin University,” said President Henry N. Tisdale. “The SARA agreement allows us to expand branding and marketing for our online programs beyond the borders of South Carolina.

“Students in more than 40 states and the District of Columbia can now take advantage of our exceptional academic programs and world-class faculty. This will provide us the growth in enrollment and increased national recognition we envisioned when we launched Claflin Online in the summer of 2014.”

Claflin has two online graduate degree programs: the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Curriculum and Instruction. Students can earn bachelor’s degrees online in the new Registered Nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing program that started in the 2016 Fall Semester; Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management, Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

“Claflin already has a really strong brand,” said Elizabeth Mahaffey,” the University’s director of online education. “A part of my responsibility is to increase our national and global brand so that Claflin will be seen as a viable option in the online education arena.”

Claflin was selected the 2015 AARP/HBCU Digest HBCU of the Year by HBCU Digest. U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked Claflin as one of “America’s Best Colleges” for the past 17 years. The publication also ranked the University as a top tier national liberal arts college. Washington Monthly ranked Claflin the number-one liberal arts college in South Carolina and the top HBCU in the nation in its 2015 annual College Guide.

“We will be able to reach out to recruit a new audience of non-traditional students,” said Dr. Cindye Richburg Cotton, executive director for the Center of Professional and Continuing Studies. “Each online program offers accelerated degree completion opportunities which helps to reduce the time students spend in college and reduce student debt. One of our initial goals will be to attract students from neighboring states such as Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.”

HARTSVILLE, SC (courtesy Coker.edu) – Coker College has announced its partnership with Northeastern Technical College (NETC) in Cheraw, S.C., to offer a Criminology Bridge Program for NETC students.

Scheduled to begin in the spring of 2017, the program will provide graduates of NETC’s criminal justice program a direct transfer to Coker College. A direct transfer means all of a student’s NETC coursework will be accepted by Coker, and they will enter with half of the bachelor’s degree requirements already completed. Students will benefit from further flexibility, thanks to Coker’s advanced educational technology: Online course offerings, in combination with on-site instruction at NETC, will allow students to complete two required classes per eight-week term.

“Our partnership with NETC is an exciting opportunity to serve our community,” said Coker College President Robert Wyatt. “This bridge program provides a lower-cost option for local criminology students working toward their bachelor’s degree. The online learning platforms we’re using also make this a highly accessible professional development option for law enforcement officers and employees in the criminal justice system.”

For students accepted into the program, the transfer to Coker College will be seamless. Additionally, bridge program participants will receive admissions counseling with both NETC advisors and Coker College advisors, a waived application fee to Coker, and free admission to Coker’s athletic and cultural events.

“We are thrilled to expand our collaboration with Northeastern Technical College,” said Elaine Hodges, director of Coker’s Adult Degree Program. “Northeastern’s criminal justice graduates will be able to continue their education, without having to travel outside of their community. The faculty and staff of Coker College look forward to working with the NETC graduates to teach, guide, and provide support as they work toward earning their bachelor’s degrees.”

GREENVILLE (courtesy Furman.com) On October 5, Furman University announced an ambitious effort to transform the student experience and address critical community issues. The new strategic vision—called The Furman Advantage—will guarantee every incoming student the opportunity for an engaged learning experience that is tracked and integrated with their academic and professional goals.

Launched with $47 million from The Duke Endowment, The Furman Advantage combines a liberal arts education with immersive experiences outside the classroom, creating a personalized pathway that prepares students for lives of purpose, successful careers, and community benefit.

“Furman pioneered the concept of engaged learning in the late 1990s, an idea which has since been emulated by many other universities,” said President Elizabeth Davis. “Today we’re taking another step to reimagine a Furman education—one that adds value and addresses community needs.”

Today’s global uncertainties and disruptions reveal more than ever the need to produce educated and thoughtful leaders who have broad-based knowledge and practical expertise to address real issues.

“We will guarantee every student the opportunity to engage in real-world experiences that connect back to classroom learning,” Davis said. “These enhanced experiences not only will help students discover their passions, but also create a superhighway to their future careers, graduate study, and contributions to the well-being of their communities.”

The launch of this guarantee is made possible by The Duke Endowment’s support. The Endowment’s newest commitment of $25 million, announced today, will significantly increase the number and quality of global experiences, research opportunities, internships, and community-centered projects at Furman. The Endowment’s earlier gift of $22 million, announced in November 2015, fully funded the James B. Duke Scholarships, providing additional support for students to benefit from Furman’s dynamic education model.

“The Duke Endowment fully supports Furman’s strategy for providing life-changing experiences for its students,” said Minor Shaw, chair of the Endowment’s Board. “The grants announced today illustrate our continued commitment to the university and its ambitious vision for the future.”

“Our founder, James B. Duke, believed in the enduring impact of education,” said Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, chair of the Endowment’s Committee on Educational Institutions. “The Furman Advantage will help ensure that all Furman students graduate with vitally important knowledge, skills and transformative experiences.”

“We are so grateful for the tremendous support and confidence from The Duke Endowment, a partner that has been by Furman’s side for all of its most strategic moves over the last century,” President Davis said. “For The Furman Advantage to achieve sustained success, though, there is so much more that needs to be done. We need our alumni, parents, and friends to engage the university like never before, through their philanthropy, hosting internships or research projects, mentoring students, hiring young graduates, networking with fellow alumni, and helping us raise Furman’s profile all over the world.”

In addition to guaranteeing and increasing the breadth of experiences available to students, Furman will build a four-year pathway that integrates co-curricular experiences with classroom work and helps students chart a course from their interests and skills to life after college. Building on successful pilot programs, the university will offer students new tools for assessing their strengths and connecting the dots.

Universities for many years have offered engaged learning opportunities—internships, mentored research and study abroad, for example—but few if any have guaranteed them for all students and integrated them fully with the learning experience.

In 2014 and again this year, Gallup and Purdue University surveyed recent college graduates across the country. They found that students who experienced faculty mentorship and relevant professional practice, connected to classroom and project-based learning, are the most likely to be positively engaged at work and thriving in all aspects of their lives. Yet only 3 percent strongly agree that they experienced all of these elements during college.

“Furman has the ability to accomplish this,” said George C. Shields, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. “Working in our favor is Furman’s size and an outstanding faculty that is devoted to the success of our students. It’s going to be hard work, but we are absolutely committed to our students’ success.”

The outcome will be an unparalleled educational experience that combines an intimate campus focused on students’ needs with the breadth of opportunity afforded by a larger university.
Many of these opportunities will be coordinated through a community-centered infrastructure and a growing set of public-facing institutes, including the Richard W. Riley Institute, the David E. Shi Center for Sustainability, and the newly formed Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (a partnership with the Greenville Health System). These structures will help launch project teams focused on areas of community need identified by communities and aligned with Furman’s expertise that will allow students to explore and address real-world problems.

“This is much more than community service,” said Angela Halfacre, Professor of Political Science and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Special Adviser to the President, and immediate past Director of the Shi Center. “We are creating a more robust and enriched model of community-centered learning, where students, faculty and community members work side-by-side to take on problems of real importance and find solutions. Everyone will be learning together, and as we discover what works, we can put that into practice in communities across the region and around the world.”

“With our faculty and student expertise and educational mission, we can be the ‘go-to’ resource for Greenville and beyond,” Halfacre added. “Our ultimate hope is that our students will engage with the communities in meaningful ways, and that after they graduate they will want to continue to contribute locally and globally.”

“Furman’s institutes create unique resources and connections that students cannot get from peer schools,” President Davis said. “Furman is the only liberal arts university that is connected with an academic health center, for example, and our Riley Institute gives students extraordinary access to policy leaders in South Carolina and in Washington, D.C. Our Shi Center, with its student-centered academic sustainability focus, is considered to be one of the best in the nation.”

Ken Peterson, the John D. Hollingsworth Professor of Economics and Interim Dean of the Faculty, and Connie Carson, Vice President for Student Life, co-chair the Strategic Vision Advisory Council, a campus-wide group of faculty and staff who are charged with implementing The Furman Advantage. The faculty voted unanimously Sept. 20 in support of the strategic vision.

One aspect of The Furman Advantage that is important to Peterson is the chance for students to be immersed in diverse communities beyond campus, better preparing them to live and lead in a complex, global world by demonstrating the power of different cultures, identities, and perspectives. By learning from both differences and commonalities, Peterson said, students will gain a new set of tools for navigating a rapidly changing world.

He also noted that Furman faculty members have long been dedicated mentors to their students, becoming deeply involved in their choices and opportunities, and staying in touch many years after graduation. The Furman Advantage will expand this notion to build a community of mentors—giving students access to a team of advisors and an expanded network of faculty, staff, alumni, and community members who will provide wise counsel along with a broader array of professional and academic opportunities.

Carson said one very distinctive aspect of the Furman experience has been the use of self-reflection, helping students to discover their strengths, aspirations, and sense of purpose. The Furman Advantage will expand on this notion, creating for every student a guided journey of self-discovery. This will allow students to design a pathway that achieves their goals and will document the skills they are gaining from their experiences.

“At Furman, self-reflection is already part of the journey for many students,” Carson said. “By purposefully and consistently incorporating self-reflection into the experience for all students, across all four years, every Furman student will graduate with a strong sense of what’s important to them and what they’re good at doing.”

Peterson praised The Duke Endowment for supporting another key component of The Furman Advantage: best-in-class tools that allow the university to track the student experience in real time, giving each student—as well as parents, graduate programs, and prospective employers—proof of progress and outcomes. Tracking will begin immediately with existing systems that will be improved and expanded over the next several years.

“We are developing new tools that will give our students a better understanding of and capacity to articulate the value of their Furman experience to employers and graduate and professional schools,” Peterson said. “Equally exciting, the data these tools provide will be combined with student reflection, feeding faculty research on student learning and outcomes and allowing us to develop models that can be shared with other universities.”

“The Furman Advantage will transform the opportunities available to our students,” said President Davis. “We believe we have figured out how to stay true to our mission as a liberal arts university while demonstrating the comprehensive value of a Furman education, both for students and for communities in South Carolina and around the world.”
Based in Charlotte and established in 1924 by industrialist and philanthropist James B. Duke, The Duke Endowment is a private foundation that strengthens communities in North Carolina and South Carolina by nurturing children, promoting health, educating minds and enriching spirits. Since its founding, it has distributed more than $3.4 billion in grants. The Endowment shares a name with Duke University and Duke Energy, but all are separate organizations.

DUE WEST, SC (courtesy Erskine.edu) — The Trustees of Erskine College and Theological Seminary met early in October to address several transitional issues facing the institution. Dr. Tom Hellams, who became acting chairman in August upon the resignation of the previous chair, presided over the meeting.

Erskine President Dr. Paul Kooistra, who retires at the end of October, briefly addressed the trustees to lead off the meeting. “As we prepare to leave Erskine, Sandi and I are thankful for some small things and some big things,” he said. Among “the small things” Kooistra listed were improved financial stability, reaffirmation of accreditation, and exceeding the Erskine Annual Fund goal twice thanks to increased giving from alumni and friends.

“Those really are small things in my mind,” he said. “The big things are much more important.” These he listed as the faculty and their level of interest in integrating their faith in their teaching, the spiritual growth and boldness of Christian students on campus, and stories of students who had come to faith in Christ during their time at Erskine. “These really are the most important things to me. Sandi and I have prayed every day for students to come to know Christ and will keep praying for them.”

Hellams expressed appreciation to Dr. Kooistra on behalf of the board. “Paul Kooistra has served Erskine well and we celebrate the victories he’s won. Beginning in the first few days of his tenure, his leadership in addressing significant accreditation challenges and in fund-raising are most commendable. Students have been encouraged, mentored, and introduced to Christ by Paul and Sandi. We are grateful for their tenure in Due West, and wish them only the best as they move into the next chapter of their lives.”

To fill the role of chairman for the remainder of the 2016-17 year, the board elected Sam James ’07 (Huntersville, North Carolina), who is serving his fourth year as a trustee.

Asked about his perspective on the meeting, James said, “This meeting presented many reasons to rejoice in the goodness of God. We had the opportunity to thank Dr. Kooistra for his faithful service to Erskine and the many victories that he had during his tenure. We approved a balanced budget for our current operating year and heard an overall positive report from the auditors.

“I am thankful for the sweet and gentle spirit that we saw on display at this board meeting today,” James said. “We thank God for the work that He is doing at Erskine College and Seminary. We trust that the future of Erskine is even brighter than any of us can imagine.”

The trustees approved revisions to the budget originally approved in May which were needed to address lower than anticipated retention in the college from spring to fall.

The presidential search committee, which was established in August, reported that the committee is diligently working on a candidate to act as interim president beginning Nov. 1. The board has set a date for a meeting later this month where that process will be finalized.

At the request of the Rev. Jamie Hunt, who chairs the board’s Seminary Committee, the trustees voted to postpone discussion of the report on college-seminary separation to the February meeting so the Seminary Committee could further examine the Ad Hoc Committee’s report.